saké

/ˈsækeɪ//ˈsɑːkeɪ//ˈsæki//ˈsɑːki/

noun

Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

OriginJapanese 酒 ← French saké →
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Meanings

nounsaké (countable and uncountable, plural sakés)

plural sakés · alternative sake · alternative saki

  1. countableuncountablealcoholic beveragesRice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.

Origin

  1. Frenchsaké
  2. Japanese酒“rice wine”
  3. Englishsaké

Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”), where the final e is accented to indicate that it is pronounced where it would usually remain silent in other senses of sake, as well as to differentiate it. Likely influenced by French saké.

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Translations

Arabic سَاكِي
  • سَاكِي (sākī)Japanese rice wine
Bengali সাকে
  • সাকে (śake)Japanese rice wine
Bulgarian саке́
  • саке́ (saké)Japanese rice wine
Chinese Mandarin 清酒, 日本酒
  • 清酒 (qīngjiǔ)Japanese rice wine
  • 日本酒 (rìběnjiǔ)Japanese rice wine
Danish sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Dutch sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Esperanto sakeo
  • sakeoJapanese rice wine
Finnish sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
French saké
  • sakéJapanese rice wine
German Sake
  • SakeJapanese rice wine
Greek σάκε
  • σάκε (sáke)Japanese rice wine
Hebrew סָאקֶה
  • סָאקֶה (sake)Japanese rice wine
Hindi साके, साकी
  • साके (sāke)Japanese rice wine
  • साकी (sākī)Japanese rice wine
Hungarian szaké
  • szakéJapanese rice wine
Icelandic hrísgrjónavín, sake
  • hrísgrjónavínJapanese rice wine
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Indonesian sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Italian sakè, sachè
  • sakèJapanese rice wine
  • sachèJapanese rice wine
Japanese 酒, 日本酒
  • 酒 (sake)Japanese rice wine
  • 日本酒 (nihonshu)Japanese rice wine
  • 清酒 (seishu)Japanese rice wine
Korean 일본주, 술
  • 일본주 (ilbonju)Japanese rice wine
  • 술 (sul)Japanese rice wine
Lithuanian sakė
  • sakėJapanese rice wine
Malay sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Norwegian sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Persian ساکی
  • ساکی (sâki)Japanese rice wine
Polish sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Portuguese saqué, saquê
  • saquéJapanese rice wine
  • saquêJapanese rice wine
Russian сакэ́, саке́
  • сакэ́ (sakɛ́)Japanese rice wine
  • саке́ (sakɛ́)Japanese rice wine
Spanish sake, saki
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
  • sakiJapanese rice wine
Swedish sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Tagalog sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Thai สาเก
  • สาเก (săa-gay)Japanese rice wine
Turkish sake
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
Ukrainian саке́
  • саке́ (saké)Japanese rice wine
Vietnamese sake, chông trù
  • sakeJapanese rice wine
  • chông trùJapanese rice wine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with saké

bukkakeJackiewackyMackieMackeytackylackeyJackihackymackyrakibakkiebaccybrachysirtakisnackytackietakhiyakky
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Cite this entry
APA

saké. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sak%C3%A9

MLA

“saké.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sak%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saké,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sak%C3%A9.

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